Asher

#2,719 for girls in 2025, 63 births · #28 for boys in 2025, 7,456 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2022 · 8,418 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
12 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
111,227
since 1880

Asher over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,71963#287,456
2024#2,49172#208,159
2023#2,25882#237,897
2022#1,856109#208,418
2021#1,910103#258,370
2020#2,02392#327,698
2019#2,21783#437,058
2018#2,53269#476,879
2017#2,22185#596,062
2016#2,47973#715,525
2015#2,43175#825,137
2014#2,41275#924,333
2013#3,51344#1043,720
2012#3,46446#1083,560
2011#3,99937#1133,420
2010#4,73530#1382,863
2009#5,37826#1652,354
2008#5,43426#2061,906
2007#4,56732#2331,580
2006#6,84018#2521,369
2005#6,24519#2881,156
2004#5,74421#335895
2003#7,20715#411626
2002#8,83711#484478
2001#9,35110#529415
2000#6,20817#578346
1999#6,83614#601312
1998#8,58410#686247
1997#8,33410#729213
1996#7,13012#775188
1995#6,64113#931142
1994#8,8049#886149
1993#10,5887#945129
1992#961125
1991#13,1475#1,055105
1990#9,2478#1,09695
1989#1,21478
1988#1,18972
1987#1,00988
1986#9,5456#1,00884
1985#93994
1984#6,8109#1,05472
1983#9,0156#93090
1982#7,4698#1,11567
1981#10,4115#1,04476
1980#1,11166
1979#1,22156
1978#1,32647
1977#1,40742
1976#1,57234
1975#6,4848#1,50535
1974#1,88624
1973#1,69627
1972#2,02020
1971#2,55814
1970#2,29316
1969#2,54912
1968#2,03016
1967#1,90617
1966#2,13214
1965#3,2447
1964#2,11415
1963#3,0448
1962#2,8489
1961#2,53811
1960#2,42312
1959#2,03316
1958#2,8189
1957#2,63110
1956#2,49711
1955#3,8865
1954#2,44911
1953#2,39111
1952#2,8758
1951#2,24612
1950#3,0217
1949#2,02214
1948#2,6089
1947#3,0967
1946#2,9197
1945#2,24210
1944#1,98813
1943#1,98614
1942#2,38610
1941#3,1336
1940#1,98313
1939#2,28810
1938#2,18511
1937#1,99213
1936#1,80115
1935#2,39610
1934#1,93214
1933#2,36810
1932#1,71618
1931#3,0957
1930#3,5926
1929#2,58910
1928#2,8439
1927#2,03416
1926#2,07415
1925#2,08915
1924#2,04316
1923#2,22414
1922#1,54524
1921#1,98017
1920#2,05216
1919#1,62421
1918#2,07315
1917#1,98615
1916#1,84916
1915#1,70717
1914#1,86812
1913#2,2737
1912
1911
1910#1,5895
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1896
1895#9786
1894
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1890#9945
1889
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1887#8196
1886#7587
1885#8366
1884
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1882
1881#7816
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Asher was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Asher
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 8 spots since 2024 (#20#28)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#32#28)
  • 54 spots since 2015 (#82#28)
  • Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1983 (#1,115#930)
  • Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1984 (#930#1,054)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2022 at #20 (8,418 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 12 yrs · run 2014–2025
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1992–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 207
  • Highest: 1 in 207 boys born in 2022 were named Asher (0.48%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229 boys born in 2025 (0.44%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 43.7% of all boys named Asher (48,557) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s31#758 (1886)#801
1890s11#978 (1895)#986
1900s0
1910s108#1,589 (1910)#1,871
1920s152#1,545 (1922)#2,147
1930s114#1,716 (1932)#2,337
1940s103#1,983 (1940)#2,436
1950s100#2,033 (1959)#2,685
1960s121#1,906 (1967)#2,483
1970s315#1,221 (1979)#1,748
1980s787#930 (1983)#1,061
1990s1,705#601 (1999)#867
2000s11,125#165 (2009)#348
2010s48,557#43 (2019)#86
2020s47,998#20 (2022)#25

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Asher in 1975

girls
#6,484
8 births · 1 in 182,233 girls
boys
#1,505
35 births · 1 in 44,610 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #6,484Asher8

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #1,505Asher35
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 182,233 of them was named Asher, which outranked 38.9% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Asher
  1. #5,984Zarina9
  2. #5,984Zinnia9
  3. #5,984Zoraya9
  4. #6,484Asher8
  5. #6,484Adaline8
  6. #6,484Adana8
  7. #6,484Adeana8
  8. #7,173Aarti7
  9. #7,173Abigale7
  10. #7,173Acquanetta7

Tied with 688 names at #6,484; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 44,610 of them was named Asher, which outranked 76.3% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Asher
  1. #1,478Vladimir36
  2. #1,478Wes36
  3. #1,478Wilmer36
  4. #1,505Asher35
  5. #1,505Amar35
  6. #1,505Ammon35
  7. #1,505Arvin35
  8. #1,530Angus34
  9. #1,530Ara34
  10. #1,530Brodrick34

Tied with 24 names at #1,505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1975